Tie presser



Jan. 6 1925. 1,522,397 I W. H. TRUiTT TIE PRESSER Filed March 13, 1924 WWW 5 20% 2x1 02mm Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. TRUIT'I, OF BLOOMlIELD, NEW JERSEY.

TIE PRESSER.

Application filed March 13, 1924. Serial No 699,013.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM: H. TRUrr'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomfield, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie Pressers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in pressing devices for articles of apparel, such as coat sleeves, trouser legs, neckties, etc, and the resent disclosure is directed to a device wiich is designated primarily for pressing neckties, although when made in larger sizes, it could be advantageously used for pressing other articles of apparel.

The device is of the type which is inserted into the article to be pressed and consists of a pair of substantially flat, elongated strips of metal or other desired material, and means for exerting outward force on said strips, so as to tightly stretch the article of apparel around them, to remove all wrinkles, the pressing operation being tacilitated by dampening of the article.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel form of spring connection between the two strips, which connection acts not only to exert out-ward stress on said strips, but acts to guide the inward and outward movements of these strips, as well as to retain them in substantially a common plane.

Another object of the invention is to provide a spring device for exerting outward stress on said strips, which device also acts as means for effectively guiding the presser into the article to be pressed.

A still further aim is to provide a device ot the class described which may be easily and inexpensively manufactured and marketed, yet will be highly efficient and generally desirable.

IVith the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the in vention within a necktie.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the presser removed from the tie.

Figure 3 is a plan view, partly broken away, showing the presser in a relatively narrow tie, with the two strips in overlapping relation.

Figures 4 and 5 are transverse sectional views as indicated by lines lel and 5-5 of Figs. 2 and 3 respectively.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numerals 1 designate a pair of elongated strips which are preferably formedot metal, the outer edges of these strips being preterably rounded as shown in Fig. 5, while their inner edges may be turned laterally to some extent or otherwise beveled as inclicated at 2, so that said strips may be easily moved into overlapping relation, either when inserting a device into a tie or the like, or when the article being pressed is of such size as to necessitate that the strips be overlapped, as shown for instance in Figs. 3 and 5.

A novel form of spring device 23 connects adjacent ends of the strips 1, two of these spring devices being shown, and as they are identical in construction, with the exception of size, a description of one will suliice for both. In forming the spring devices 3, I take a single length of wire and bend it to form a substantially U-shaped intermediate portion & whose arms 5 converge to a point 6 spaced outwardly from one end of the strips 1, the arm-connecting part 7 of the portion 4, and the inner ends of the arms 5, lying against one side of the strips 1, as shown. At the point 6, the end portions of the wire cross each other and said end portions are then bent inwardly toward the strips 1, as indicated at 8, providing a pair of inwardly extending arms 9 which are disposed in outwardly spaced substantially parallel relation, with the arms 5. The free end of the arms 9 are bent laterally toward each other as indicated at 10 and soldered or otherwise secured to the ends 01 the strips 1, said ends 10 passing across the arms as clearly shown in the drawing.

The arm connecting parts '7' of the two spring devices 8 are preferably straight and it will be seen that as the strips 1 are forced inwardly or outwardly, they slide along said parts 7 and at the same time, the ends 10 of the spring Wires, slide across the arms Thus, the strips 1 are generally steadied and guided in their inward and outward movement, and are held in substantially a common plane. Attention may also be directed to the fact that the arms 9 at the smaller end of the pressing device (the latter being preferably tapered) act as means'for guiding this device into the necktie or other article to be pressed. It will be seen that as these arms converge outwardly, they act to spread the article into which the device is being inserted, thus greatly facilitating the insertion.

By constructing the device in the manner shown and described, or in an equivalent manner, it will be seen that it will not only be simple and inexpensive, but that it will be generally efficient and desirable. As excellent results have been obtained from the details disclosed, they may well be followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes may be made.

A stretching device of the character described comprising a pair of elongated substantially fiat strips arranged alongside of each other in approximately the same plane, and a pair of substantially flat coiled springs for forcing said strips apart arranged in approximately the same plane with said strips and having portions extending beyond the ends of the latter, said springs being secured at their ends to the ends of said strips and constituting the sole means of securing said strips together, the portions of said springs which extend beyond the ends of said strips being arranged in converging relation in order to guide said strips into the apparel to be stretched and the coils of said springs being arranged in overlapping relation with the inner edges of said strips at the ends thereof to maintain said strips in approximately the same plane.

In testimony whereof I affixed my signature.

' WILLIAM H. TRUITT.

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